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Composting Soiglium Ba¬
gasse.
Below wc give tho experience of
the talented D. D. T. Moore, Ksq., of
the Rural New Yorker, in use of the
article named in caption ;
‘ We have made good manure from
sorghum bagasse by laying a thick
layer of muck (or even loam will an¬
swer, hut muck or leaves is best)
over the space upon which the compost
is to be piled, then a layer of bagasse,
then add quicklime in quantity suffi¬
cient to incorporate the bagasse thor¬
oughly with it, then a thick layer of
muck, and so alternating muck, ba¬
gasse and lime, covering the whole
with muck, decayed wood, chip ma¬
nure, or even clayey loam. In about
lour weeks pitch it over, beginning at It
one side and mixing it thoroughly.
AUGUST, 1H7
will quickly decompose and make ex¬
cellent manure. The muck will ab¬
sorb the gases which escape from the
decomposing bagasse, (he decomposi¬
tion being hastened by the quicklime.
This answers the question of our
Augusta, Ga., correspondent.”
From the Roek lUvor Farmer.
The Diseases of Fowls with
their Symptoms and Treat¬
ments.
I may here state that when you see
a fowl beginning to droop, so as to
exhibit a deficiency of appetite, it is
better at once to devote it to table use.
If it bo a valuable fowl, we must
make an attempt to save it. The most
common diseases to which fowls art'
liable, aro Moulting, Pip, Inflamma¬
tion, Asthma, Diarrhoea, Indigestion,
Fever, Consumption, Gout, Corns,
and Costiveness. The first, moulting,
as being a natural process of annual
occurrence, can scarcely l>c called a
disease; yet it must be treated as if it
were really one, from the effects
which it produces. It is most dan¬
gerous in young chickens. With adult
birds, warmth and shelter are usually
all that is required, united stimulating with a
diet of a somewhat extra,
and nutritious character. In a state
of nature moulting occurs to wild
birds when their food is most plenti¬
ful, hence nature herself points out
that the fowl should, during that pc
riod, be furnished with an extra sup¬
ply of food. After the third year the
period of moulting becomes later and
later, until it will sometimes happen
in Jauuary or February; of course,
when this occurs, every care as to
warmth should be given; the use of
cayenne pepper alone administering
two or three grains made into a pill
with bread, will generally suffice.—
The feathers will at limes drop off
fowls, when not moulting, to a very
considerable extent, rendering them
often nearly naked. This is a disor¬
der similar to the mango in many
other animals, and the same sort of
treatment, viz : Alteratives, such as
sulphur and nitre in the proportions
of one-quarter each, mixed with fresh
blitter, a change of diet, cleanliness,
and fresh air in addition to this, will
generally bo found sufficient to effect
the cure; be careful not to confound
this affection with moulting. The dis¬
tinction is that in the latter case the
feathers aru replaced by new ones as
fast as they are cast, in the former this
is not so, and the fowl becomes bald.
Pip—To this disease young fowls arc
peculiarly liable, and that, too, chiefly
in hot weather. The symptoms are a
thickening of the membrane of the
tongue, especially toward the tip.—
This speedily becomes an obstruction
of sufficient magnitude to impede the
breathing; this produces gasping for
breath, and at this stage the beak will
often be held open. The plumage be¬
comes rutiled and neglected, especial¬
ly about the head and neck. The up
petite gradually goes, and the bird
shows its distress hy pining, moping,
and seeking solitude and darkness.
The cause of this disease is want of
clean water and from feeding too
much upon hot exciting lood. As a
cure, you may remove the thickened
membranes, or apply a little borax
dissolved in tincture of myrrh, by
meaus of a camel-hair pencil, two or
tinOti times a day, or prick the scale
with a needle and give interrally a
pill about the size of a marble, com¬
posed of equal parts of scraped garlic
and horse radish, with as much cay¬
enne pepper as will outweigh a grain
of wheat; mix this with Iresh butter,
and give it every morning, keeping
the fowl warm and well supplied with
freshwater; preserve it from molesta¬
tion by keeping it by itself, and you
will generally find it will get well, if
you have taken the disease in time.
W. W. Richards »n\
Feeding Fowls.
Don’t keep food always by your
poultry, because, if laying fowls, they
are made too fat, and if fattening
ones, not, fat enough. To fatten poul¬
try, feed three times in twenty-four
hours all they will eat, and remove all
they leave, and they will eat more
than when closed aud disgusted by
the constant presence of food. To
keep layers in proper condition, feed
twice or thrice daily a regular ration,
but not as much as they will eat Some
say feed as long as they will run for
No. 11
what you throw to them and eat
greedily, but that is not right; for
they will get too fat, unless they are
laying freely. Th*'y will show eager¬ swal¬
ness about as long as they can
low, and will scramble for what you
give them until in their rivalry they
stuff aud cram themselves week after
week, and become a ma-s of fat, and
act they will still act at feeding time
as if they wore half starved. Feed
your regular laying stock moderately,
and be governed by their state of tlesh
rather than by llnir greed, fake a few
fowls from the pere.it^at night occa¬
sionally to !«*>t their weight, ami a
little practice will enable y«*Ai to
quickly* decide on the condition *<f the
flock. Increase the ratio as the yield
of eggs inereakos, and s > lung as the
laying keeps pace with the diet you
may give rich and stimulating feed in
any quantity. Feed the' s* h et breed¬
ing stock more sparingly than the rest
of the layers, so as to give only a
moderate yield of eggs lor hatching
purposes, tor if you promote great
prulificness in the parents the result
will be weakness in the progeny.—
Chickens, during the period of their
rapid growth, shornd be fed very
olten, with a variety, and all they will
eat. While they are growing, there is
no danger ol overfeeding if they aro
fed frequently and allowed perfect
freedom.— Amer. A<jt ieulturixf.
For a Bruise or Wow —Apply
hot water a long time with wet cloths.
Beef brine is an excellent 1 4 ion for
both sprains and bruises. A veteran
among horses claims that it will
almost set a joint or heal a fracture.
Wormwood or tansy lotions an; also
good.
Read //-Made Glue. —A god arti¬
cle ol gropared glue, so useful to have
about every house,maybe in ide with
Gum Arabic dissolved in strong vine¬
gar. It will keep in g>,d conditiou
a lung time. Common glue dissolved
iu the same way will keep from fer¬
mentation several weeks.
A Lit of glue, dissolved in skim ned
milk, will restore crape.
Strong ley put in hard water will
make it ms soft as rain water